Athenian army

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The Athenian army was the land-based military force of ancient Athens, composed largely of citizen-soldiers who defended the city-state and fought in its numerous wars across classical Greece.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Athenian army canonical 16
Athenian hoplites 2
Athenian forces 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient army ⓘ
land force ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alliedWith Delian League ⓘ
surface form: Delian League members
commandedBy Athenian generals ⓘ
strategoi ⓘ
composedMostlyOf citizen-soldiers ⓘ
composedOf archers ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
hoplites ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
peltasts ⓘ
country Classical Athens ⓘ
culture Classical Athenian culture ⓘ
disbanded after Macedonian domination of Athens ⓘ
equipment aspis (hoplite shield) ⓘ
breastplate or linothorax ⓘ
bronze helmet ⓘ
doru (spear) ⓘ
greaves ⓘ
xiphos (short sword) ⓘ
foughtIn Battle of Delium ⓘ
Battle of Lechaeum ⓘ
Battle of Marathon ⓘ
Battle of Plataea ⓘ
Corinthian War ⓘ
Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Peloponnesian War ⓘ
surface form: Sicilian Expedition
fundedBy Classical Athens ⓘ
surface form: Athenian state

tribute from Delian League ⓘ
war taxes ⓘ
garrison Athens ⓘ
governedBy Athenian democracy ⓘ
surface form: Athenian Assembly
hasComponent Athenian cavalry ⓘ
Athenian hoplite phalanx ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
legalStatus under control of Athenian democracy ⓘ
location Attica ⓘ
notableCommander Cimon ⓘ
Demosthenes (general) ⓘ
Iphicrates ⓘ
Miltiades the Younger ⓘ
Nicias ⓘ
Pericles ⓘ
Themistocles ⓘ
opposedTo Peloponnesian League ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire land forces

Spartan army ⓘ
partOf military of Athens ⓘ
primaryRole defense of Athens ⓘ
land warfare ⓘ
offensive campaigns ⓘ
recruitment citizen levy ⓘ
conscription of Athenian citizens ⓘ
mercenaries (especially in 4th century BC) ⓘ
metoikoi (resident foreigners) ⓘ
socialBasis Athenian democracy ⓘ
surface form: Athenian citizen body (demos)
supportedBy Athenian navy ⓘ
tactics combined use of hoplites and light troops ⓘ
phalanx formation ⓘ
use of peltasts in skirmishing ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century BC ⓘ
5th century BC ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
training ephebic training for young citizens ⓘ
usedBy Athens ⓘ
surface form: Athenian polis

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Socrates → militaryService → Athenian army ⓘ
Long Walls → usedBy → Athenian army ⓘ
Marathon → combatant → Athenian army ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Marathon
Battle of Delium → side → Athenian army ⓘ
Iphicrates → militaryBranch → Athenian army ⓘ
Battle of Chaeronea → hasPart → Athenian army ⓘ
Battle of Chaeronea → participant → Athenian army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian hoplites
Athenian cavalry → militaryBranch → Athenian army ⓘ
Miltiades the Younger → militaryBranch → Athenian army ⓘ
Battle of Potidaea → hasParticipant → Athenian army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian forces
Marathon plain → associatedWith → Athenian army ⓘ
Marathon tumulus → associatedWith → Athenian army ⓘ
Plataean army → foughtAlongside → Athenian army ⓘ
Athenians → militaryForce → Athenian army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian hoplites
Chares of Athens → servedIn → Athenian army ⓘ
Lamachus → servedIn → Athenian army ⓘ
Iphicratean reforms → appliesTo → Athenian army ⓘ